Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email KUALA LUMPUR: People who think their elected representatives lack integrity or are involved in dubious practices are advised to take this up with the Parliamentary Select Committee on Integrity.
“I have always wondered about this aspect of MPs and state assemblymen. Is our performance so good that we are no longer worthy of complaint?” asked the newly appointed chairman of the committee, Datuk Dr Wan Hashim Wan Teh, yesterday.
He said the public could complain to the committee about the performance or “anything which they felt was not right” about MPs or assemblymen.
“If the MP is not accessible, then they can bring it up with the committee,” added Hashim, who is the MP for Grik.
He said MPs and assemblymen were part of the leadership and they were required to be accountable in the way they conducted themselves.
The select committee was formed to come up with proposals and help translate the National Integrity Plan into action.
Hashim said the public could take their complaints to public hearings to be conducted by the Integrity Committee or write in with their complaints.
The hearings are in Johor on Aug 8, Malacca (Aug 9), Terengganu (Aug 12), Perak (Aug 15) and Kedah (Aug 16).
Hashim chaired his first meeting yesterday after taking over from Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, who had resigned over differences on how the committee should carry out its job.
